Etymology

weft

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Today it means: The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric. Full definition →

Middle English wefte ← Old English wefan ← Proto-West Germanic *weban
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weft · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*webaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*weban
  3. Old English · derived fromwefan“to weave”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromwefte
  5. English todayweft

From Middle English wefte, from Old English wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban, from Proto-Germanic *webaną. Equivalent to weave + -t (abstract nominal suffix).

weft · noun2

Compare waif.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwefan all →

weavewhiff

Proto-West Germanic*weban all →

weavewoof

Proto-Germanic*webaną all →

webweavewoofwaver

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.